I'm looking for books that have some magic / supernatural / occult / eldritch monsters / anomalies / anything like that, but approached in an extremely science-y and nerdy way. I want there to be research and mathematical precision, as if magic obeys the laws of physics and biology, and can be measured and fully understood with constants and equations.
Honestly, I'd love it if there actually were equations, but not sure something like that exists. Also literal measurements, like measuring the energy and radius of a fireball. Give me an ultra-nerd wizard that would calculate the ratios of potion ingredients in a spreadsheet!
The setting doesn't matter, can be classic fantasy, sci-fi, can be some kind of paranormal investigator in a modern city, anything really
by Classic_Confusion752
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**The Death of Jane Lawrence** by Caitlin Starling has been recommended to me as a book in which maths is magic or the other way around. I haven’t read it yet but it sounds like it would fit your criteria very well. From the description:
“Jane Shoringfield sees the world in numbers, patterns, and logical projections […] Soon, Jane is fighting for her sanity and her life, drawn into a world of secret societies, theoretical mathematics, impossible magic, and rituals gone wrong.”
The **Rivers of London** by Ben Aaronovitch series also portrays magic as a science, although it doesn’t feature a lot of mathematics, if I recall correctly.
The Lord Darcy books by Randall Garrett.